40th Illinois Infantry Regiment

40th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
40th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
	Illinois state flag
Active	August 10, 1861, to July 24, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh; Siege of Vicksburg; Battle of Missionary Ridge; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Siege of Atlanta; Battle of Jonesborough; March to the Sea

The 40th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 40th Illinois Infantry was organized at Springfield, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 10, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865.

Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Missionary Ridge, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta, and the March to the Sea

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 6 officers and 119 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 117 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 246 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel Stephen G. Hicks - discharged on October 13, 1862.^[2]

Notes

^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#40th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/040-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

The Civil War Archive

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[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#40th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

[2] ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/040-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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